Strategic Commodity Manager - Islandwide, SG

Roles & Responsibilities

Our client is seeking a strategic but hands-on Commodity Manager who blends engineering knowledge with global sourcing and supplier management expertise, particularly in Asia / China commodities. The ideal candidate can balance cost savings with quality, supplier performance, and innovation. This is a specialized, senior individual contributor role focused on commodity management in mechatronics, electronics, or vision modules.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commodity management for a specialized technology area ( Mechatronics, Electronics, or Vision ) globally.
• Develop and maintain a deep supplier network in Asia / China; evaluate suppliers using QLTC methodology (Quality, Logistics, Technology, Cost).
• Draft, negotiate, and manage supplier contracts independently, ensuring alignment with company strategy.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Operations, Product, and Quality teams to ensure supplier capability aligns with product requirements.
• Conduct Total Cost of Ownership (TCO ) analysis, develop business cases, and propose strategic sourcing decisions to senior management.
• Monitor and improve supplier performance via KPIs, scorecards, and corrective action plans.
• Maintain up-to-date supply market intelligence and recommend improvements for cost, quality, and delivery.
• Utilize SAP / R3 for supplier, contract, and procurement data management; extract insights for analysis and decision-making.
• Support sourcing strategy execution with analysis, statistics, and monitoring of defined KPIs.
• Occasionally travel to supplier locations in China, Malaysia, or Europe as required.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Experience : 5–10 years in semiconductors, electronics, precision engineering, or mechatronics industries.

Proven experience in global sourcing, supplier qualification, auditing, and development, particularly in Asia / China.

Track record in contract negotiation and supplier management.

Technical Knowledge : Understanding of module manufacturing processes, key components, and production / quality methods.

Ability to see the bigger technical picture for procurement decisions; hands-on technical expertise not mandatory.

Tools & Methodologies : SAP / R3 experience.

Advanced Excel skills for analysis and reporting.

Experience with QLTC supplier evaluation methodology.

EA License : 02C3423

EA Personnel : R22108699

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Negotiation

Commodity

Supplier Performance

Media Strategy

Strategic Communications

Manufacturing Processes

Reputation Management

Procurement

Global Sourcing

Market Intelligence

Semiconductors

Strategic Sourcing

Supply Chain Management

Statistics

Sourcing

Electronics

Contract Negotiation